Just released from Ain’t Got No Press is “The Night Goes On All Night”…an anthology of noir-inspired poems, edited by Rick Lupert and published in conjunction with the Los Angeles Poetry Festival’s “Night and the City” Noir Festival. This collection contains work from 24 poets exploring their own noir-de-vivre with humor, grit, nostalgia, and the requisite fedora. Including an introductory note about “noir” from Los Angeles Poetry Festival director Suzanne Lummis.
The complete list of contributors:
E. Amato, Michael C. Ford, Michael Cluff, Brendan Constantine, Mike Daily, Gloria Derge, Peggy Dobreer, Jerry Garcia, Joelle Hannah, Kris Huelgas, Elizabeth Iannaci, Jack Bowman, Ruth Nolan, Marc Olmsted, Kevin Patrick Sullivan, Angela Penaredondo, Douglas Richardson, Anthony Seidman, Eric Steineger, Eric Tuazon, Mehnaz Turner, Wyatt Underwood, Wanda VanHoy Smith and Florence Weinberger
A Few Sample Tidbits:
were as warm as a
1955 Buick Special
Michael C. Ford
The truth is, the city waits for the right
moment to knock you up before it runs you over.
This is the room with a red door, where every night I struggle, as my Mistress of Insomnia mounts me, pins my arms in between her thighs, then stitches my eyelids open…
We started wearing
dark glasses between the house & the garage.
Panorama City had no view; from any window
we saw another window.
I never spoke again
for the rest of my days,
which really wasn’t much of a feat
since I only lived another week.
The night goes on all night.